I use Heartland Mills flours in all my breads with great success. Both their Golden Buffalo and Whole Wheat flours are very nice. The Golden Buffalo has the largest bran flakes removed and is more expensive than the regular whole wheat. I only use GB mixed with high gluten bread flour in a country French bread I make. Otherwise for all my other breads I just use the regular whole wheat flour. I also make a sourdough rye with their whole rye flour -- I love it. I use about 200 lbs. of Heartland Mill flour each week baking breads for two area farmers' markets and I've never had any complaints about the flour.

I hope you are in a co-op or buying club ( I buy mine through UNFI) otherwise, the shipping fee from Highland Mills is equal to or greater than the cost of the flour itself!

Heartland Mills - I’ve baked with the regular WW and the “Turkey” WW. My starter has been living on the “Turkey” WW for some time and really thrives on it. These are the coarsest (biggest flecks of bran, anyway) of the WW I’ve tried. The shipping cost is what keeps me from using them more.

Giusto’s – I’m currently baking through 25 lbs of the organic fine grind high protein WW. The name pretty much tells the story. Smoother and stronger than standard WW. I’ll be trying the regular (medium) WW next.

GreatRiver– The WW bread flour is similar in concept to the Guisto’s fine ww but I like the feel of the Guisto’s better. My concern with this was the distribution, not the flour itself, as I was ordering it through Amazon (free shipping) and began to wonder what the flour was going through before it got to me. Again, that’s not a knock on the flour and may have been all in my head, but I moved on.

Bob’s Red Mill – A good all around WW, probably a medium grind.

It’s all good stuff and really depends on what you’re after. Happy Baking!

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